Winemaker Notes
Food matches: elaborate meat dishes and aged cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
A blend of sangiovese with cabernet sauvignon (35 percent) from Greve in Chianti, this grows in a ten-acre vineyard that rises to 1,400 feet. The wine has a gentle complexity, its softer tones of mushrooms and forest floor trapped by ferrous tannins, giving it the edge of iron shavings. It opens with air, the fruit fresh and lasting, the flavors expanding as if to predict a long life ahead.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2004 Il Querciolaia (65% Sangiovese, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a supremely elegant wine laced with layers of ripe, perfumed fruit earthiness and herbs, all of which are framed by silky, ripe tannins. This polished red offers outstanding balance in a refined, sensual style, even if it is somewhat compact at this stage. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2022.
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Wine Spectator
The 2004 Il Querciolaia (65% Sangiovese, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a supremely elegant wine laced with layers of ripe, perfumed fruit earthiness and herbs, all of which are framed by silky, ripe tannins. This polished red offers outstanding balance in a refined, sensual style, even if it is somewhat compact at this stage. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2022.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.